US 12,068,920 B2
Methods and systems for controlling operations of devices in an internet of things (IoT) environment
Karthik Venkatesh Bhat, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/510,881.
Application 17/510,881 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/013204, filed on Sep. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202141022425 (IN), filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376980 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G16Y 30/00 (2020.01); G16Y 40/30 (2020.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04L 67/303 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0893 (2013.01) [G16Y 30/00 (2020.01); G16Y 40/30 (2020.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 67/303 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling operations of devices in an Internet of Things (IOT) environment, the method comprising:
identifying, by an electronic device, a first device in response to a user pointing the electronic device toward the first device;
determining, by the electronic device, at least one second device contextually related to the first device;
identifying at least one first set of relevant devices for the first device using a capability-based device clustering model;
fetching a list of registered devices from a device database;
computing and assigning a confidence score for each registered device with respect to the first device, by matching capabilities of each device with the capabilities of the first device; and
recommending, by the electronic device, at least one suggestion to control at least one operation of at least one of the first device or the at least one second device, based on a correlation between capabilities of the first device and capabilities of the at least one second device as well as an operation being performed by the at least one second device at a current instant of time,
wherein the confidence score is based on device interactions between a registered device in the list of registered devices and the first device.